Study of Marco Polo's will sheds new light on famed traveler

Updated: 2018-04-18 13:16
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Rosi Fontana, spokeswoman for the Scrinium publishing house, holds an exact replica of Marco PoloÕs 700-year-old last will and testament, in Rome, Italy, April 10, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]

Most historians have rejected this view and Della Zana said the fact that Polo's servant was a Tatar, who were a Mongol people, supports evidence that he did get to China.

Further evidence lies in an inventory of Polo's possessions that surfaced after his death and listed items from the far east, such as expensive musk.

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